Published at 18th of January 2026 8:06 am

Chapter 800

This chapter is updated by JustRead.pl

Bear-san Went to Ellelaura's Residence

After completing the Ice Dragon egg puzzle with Fina, I used the Bear Transfer Gate to go to the royal capital.

It was a hassle, but I couldn't ignore Ellelaura-san's request.

If I ignored it for too long, it would definitely become even more troublesome in the future.

I wondered whether I should head to the castle or to Ellelaura-san's house. Finally, I decided to go to Ellelaura-san's house.

The reason for my decision was that the flowers Shia had used in making the pressed flowers were identified as rare. Even if I met Ellelaura-san at the castle first, we would still end up going to her house to examine the pressed flowers.

I actually thought about going to see Flora-sama, but if I went to see her now, the King would come along as an added bonus.

If the King got involved, I had a feeling that the matter regarding the pressed flowers would become even bigger.

The best thing to do was to avoid trouble.

I could visit Flora-sama after the issue related to pressed flowers was dealt with.

So I went to Ellelaura-san's residence, or rather I should call it Cliff's house in the royal capital.

"Yuna-san, it's been a while." (Sururina)

Sururina-san, a maid working at the mansion in the royal capital, welcomed me.

"Hello, Ellelaura-san called me over." (Yuna)

"Yes, I have been informed. I was told to entertain Yuna-san when she arrives." (Sururina)

Sururina-san guided me to the guest room.

And, true to her word, she prepared sweets and tea to entertain me.

I ate the cookies and drank tea.

It was delicious.

As I leisurely ate sweets and drank tea, the door opened and a beautiful girl with swaying golden hair came in.

"Yuna-san!" (Shia)

Shia entered the room in a school uniform.

She was as beautiful as ever.

Cheerful, hardworking, the daughter of a noble, and beautiful… I was sure she was popular at school.

"Shia, it's been a while." (Yuna)

Shia sat directly across from me.

Then, Sururina-san followed along into the room, placed tea and sweets in front of Shia, bowed and left.

The Maid-san was amazing.

"Are you here because of pressed flowers?" (Shia)

"Yeah, I heard that precious flowers were used in pressed flowers." (Yuna)

"Please wait a moment." (Shia)

Shia said, as she put a cookie in her mouth, and left the room.

But she came back within a few minutes.

When Shia came back, she was holding a picture frame.

Then she placed the frame in front of me.

It was a frame with pressed flowers in it.

"It's this flower." (Shia)

Shia pointed to a flower.

It was a bluish flower.

It had six petals, which spread out like fireworks.

"This flower, huh?" (Yuna)

I couldn't tell what kind of flower it was even after looking at it.

It just looked like a normal flower to me.

Maybe I could find more details if I used the Bear's Observation Skill.

I placed the Bear-san puppet on the blue flower and tried using the skill.

[Pressed flowers… Made by crushing and drying flowers…]

… I felt angry.

It was the right information, but not really what I wanted to know.

I felt like I'd searched for a breed of dog and been told "dog".

Some people may not know what pressed flowers were, so it was the right answer, but that was not what I wanted.

For me now, I wanted to shout out loud that it was not right.

"By the way, how did they find that this flower was precious?" (Yuna)

Since my Bear's Observation Skill couldn't tell me about it, I had to ask for more details.

But it sure had been a while since we made these pressed flowers together.

If Shia or Ellelaura-san had any knowledge about rare flowers, they would have noticed it sooner.

"That's…" (Shia)

Shia told me the story.

Apparently, someone came to Ellelaura-san's house to meet her for work.

That was when that person saw the pressed flowers in her office.

"Do you display the pressed flowers in Ellelaura-san's office?" (Yuna)

"Mother brought them over. She said, [This is nice. It's handmade by my daughter, so I'll borrow it for a while.]"

… Ellelaura-san.

I would sometimes see on TV about parents displaying pictures that were created by their children as wall decorations, and I think it was similar to this.

I think parents treasured those pictures because they were made by their children. But from the child's point of view, I think it would be embarrassing.

"Well, I wasn't so attached to the pressed flowers either, and I couldn't throw them away, so I lent the flowers to her." (Shia)

Well, I didn't have any attachment to pressed flowers, either.

If someone asked me to lend pressed flowers, I would also lend them without thinking.

"So, who is that person? A florist?" (Yuna)

If they were an aristocrat, they might have wanted to use the flowers as decorations.

Maybe Ellelaura-san invited a florist to her office for some reason.

"Not a florist, but someone from the Ministry of Magic." (Shia)

"The Ministry of Magic?" (Yuna)

I'd never heard of that before.

"Most people probably don't know this, but the Ministry of Magic is where they research magic, magic power, magic items, and so on." (Shia)

"There's such an institution?" (Yuna)

"Yes, magic and magic items can be dangerous, so that department is run by the government." (Shia)

Indeed, both magic and magic items could be dangerous depending on how they're used.

Magic aside, magic items were often usable by ordinary people as well.

It would have been terrible if someone tried to use a magic item and, when channeling magic power to it, caused a huge explosion.

"Someone from the Ministry of Magic came to our house and saw the pressed flowers in Mother's office." (Shia)

So, to follow, someone discovered precious flowers being used in the pressed flowers, then Ellelaura-san contacted Shia, who made the pressed flowers, and Shia told her about making them together with us in Crimonia, so Ellelaura-san contacted me through Cliff.

I understood the flow.

"I just want to confirm with Shia. Did you tell her where you got the flowers?" (Yuna)

"Mother asked me if I knew where the flowers were picked, but I lied and said that they were picked by Yuna-san. After all, I promised not to talk about Targui." (Shia)

Shia answered with a smile.

I told Shia before not to tell anyone about the Targui.

She was keeping her promise.

Shia's smile was dazzling.

"So, what are you going to do? Mother might ask you to pick some for her." (Shia)

"Even if I don't tell her any information about the Targui, the fishermen of Mileela at least have some information about the moving island. So, I think it’s fine to tell her about the island itself, but not that it’s a living creature." (Yuna)

I told her that Noa and the fishermen of Mileela also knew about the moving island.

"That's true." (Shia)

"But thank you for keeping quiet." (Yuna)

"It's a promise to Yuna-san after all." (Shia)

I was happy about Shia's consideration.

I was equally happy that Fina and Noa stayed quiet.

Well, it was also fine if I were to tell Ellelaura-san the details about the island after she came back home.

"So, Yuna-san, do you have time?" (Shia)

Shia asked as I put the cookie in my mouth.

"Well, for now, I'll just be waiting for Ellelaura-san." (Yuna)

"If you don't mind, can I have a match with you? I think I've gotten a little stronger since then." (Shia)

Well, just eating sweets, drinking tea and relaxing in someone else's house was fine as well, you know?

I touched my stomach.

… I needed to get some exercise.

"A little bout is fine." (Yuna)

"Thank you." (Shia)

Despite my reply, I still continued putting a cookie in my mouth and drinking my tea.

After all, Sururina-san prepared them for me. It would be a waste if I didn't finish them.

Shia looked at me and also drank her tea.

After that, Shia and I moved to the garden.

Shia handed me a wooden sword, and we distanced ourselves from each other.

"You can go at it any time." (Yuna)

I said as I prepared my sword.

Shia took a deep breath, prepared her sword, and slowly closed the distance.

Her sword was raised.

At the same time, she stepped in.

A beautiful sword stroke.

But I parried Shia's sword.

Last time, Shia lost her balance and was unable to respond to my movement.

But Shia didn't lose her balance this time and pulled her sword back.

It was proof that she had improved.

When I took a step back, Shia followed suit and stepped forward.

There was no hesitation.

Shia brandished her sword down.

I shifted my body to avoid it.

Shia had probably expected me to avoid the attack, as she launched a series of attacks one after another.

She was carefully thinking through her attacks.

I lightly deflected Shia's sword.

If I deflected it with too much force, the sword in her hand would end up flying off after all.

That wouldn't be good.

Shia gripped her deflected sword tightly, enduring the force so she wouldn’t let the sword slip from her hand.

It was impressive that she didn't let go of her sword.

This time I would be the one to attack.

I brandished the sword I had raised when I deflected her attack.

Shia quickly pulled back her sword and blocked it.

"Uuh." (Shia)

Even if she could block the first blow, what about the second?

I swing my sword to attack from both sides.

Right, left, right, left, it was a monotonous attack flow.

Shia managed to block it at the last moment.

It felt like she was moving her sword without thinking.

So I shifted the attack pattern.

"Ah." (Shia)

The moment I followed up with my attack for the second time, Shia was not able to block it and the sword hit Shia's body.

To be precise, it was just a touch off, so it was not really a strike.

"Ah, I thought it was going well." (Shia)

Shia dropped her stance and lowered her head in disappointment.

"No, it was good. I don't think you need to be so pessimistic." (Yuna)

"Really?" (Shia)

"Your legs are well-trained, and even when I parried your attacks, you didn't lose your balance. I can tell that you have put in some effort in your training."

"But you blocked all of my attacks." (Shia)

"Well, that's the difference in experience." (Yuna)

"How much did you practice, Yuna-san?" (Shia)

"Hmm, that's a secret." (Yuna)

I once fought more than 100 people in one day in a game.

I have fond memories of having practice matches against other people to win.

Swords, long swords, great swords, knives, spears, clubs, axes, etc. I fought people with various close-combat weapons.

Those experiences made me the person I was today.

But I couldn't win every time.

There was also compatibility with weapons and fighting styles.

You couldn't just win with strength alone, but luck also played an important role.

I couldn't complain about losing because my opponents were random.

"Want to keep going? I can spar for as long as Shia has the strength." (Yuna)

"Thank you." (Shia)

Shia readied her sword.

I practiced with her until she ran out of strength.

And when practice was over, Sururina-san came over, gave us cold drinks, and even prepared a bath for us.

As expected of a proper Maid-san.

Shia and I gratefully accepted the bath.

Share